No 2000 IPOB-Member Protest Match In Onitsha – Police
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The Police in Anambra state
has refuted the report by a national daily, claiming that no fewer than 2,000 members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) took to the streets and roads of Onitsha to sensitise the public on the sit- at- home order slated for May 30.
A statement issued yesterday by the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Haruna Mohammed, titled “Re: IPOB storms Onitsha, mobilises for sit-at-home”,
described the report as fictitious and mischievous orchestrated by those not happy with the prevailing peace in the state.
It noted that the pro-Biafrian group was still a proscribed organisation, insisting that all its activities remained illegal.
“The publication is not only fictitious but also mischievously orchestrated by those elements who are not happy with the prevailing peace in the State which the Police and other Law enforcement agencies are working tirelessly to maintain.
“The Commissioner of Police Anambra State Command CP Garba Baba Umar, once again enjoined all the good people of the State to disregard alleged calls by any group urging them to sit at home on the 30/5/2018 and go about their lawful businesses.
“The CP further assured the public that adequate security arrangements have been put in place by combined Security forces in the State to proactively nip in the bud any threat emanating from such groups,” it said.
The statement further maintained that the Command would not hesitate to deal decisively with, and in accordance with the law any individual or groups under any guise that will disrupt public peace in the state.
